ARC - MARK SCHWARTZ

ARC
22 x 30 inches,watercolor on paper
one of a kind
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PAINTINGS OF SHOES
MARK SCHWARTZ
SHOE ART

Marina

15x22 harbor scene done last month in Francese's workshop, wet on dry watercolor, no pencil drawing.

Decorated part of a Tree!

I am hoping to get up more lights.....this is one of the trees by the lake...I will get a picture of the backdoor too. Tomorrow hope to do more of this but if not...at least there is some sparkle in the night!!! I would like to paint this I think!

Serenity

5x7 watercolor of a white cat lying on his tummy and twisted around looking over his shoulder, DaVinci paints alizarin crimson, gamboge, thalo green, burnt sienna, raw sienna.

Mary's a winner AGAIN

Congratulations to our own MARY JANSEN for winning an honorable mention in the First Annual Autumn Arts Painting Challenge in the Watercolor category for her beautiful painting "Afternoon Nap" !!!!! 1,000 entries were accepted... www.autumnpaintingchallenge.blogspot.com


We are not worthy, we are not worthy...

Debbie's Adventures

 

Well, here's the proof that Debbie wasn't pulling our collective legs when she told us she had broken her foot. Have you ever seen such a big mama-jama cast in your life? Our friend Rose Gesford and I provided dinner tonight of tortilla soup, garlic bread, key lime pie (that you can see with the adult beverage we are enjoying) and gossip which was great fun. Debbie is doing very well considering everything. She can actually manuvere that wheelchair pretty well. She's trying to "con" me into driving her car down to Corpus when they move in December. She probably wants me to unpack the moving van!! Thought you might enjoy seeing that she does still have her sense of humor (and my wine was legal as she's off her pain meds...yea!)

I am still doing Cats

I am working on my style to create the fur the best way with watercolours. It seems that I am finding my technique for doing this. Each piece is going better.
This is another ACEO size 2,5 x 3,5 inch. I am having too much fun doing them. This is Smitty - our second kitten which we got together with the red one , which I posted a week ago.

Karin Jurick Challenge...Sounds of Silence

Here is this month's Karin Jurick challenge. Her photo was of travelers at an airport. The pattern of the floor reminded me so much of my piano that I had to move them to the keyboard. Since they seemed to be so separate and uncommunicative I named this "Sounds of Silence" 9" x 12" watercolor on 300# arches

Gift Painting Exchange

The gift exchange names are listed in the left column here on the side of the front page....We have 10 wishing to participate. I am making the last notice to all of you if you want to be involved you must tell me today or in the morning as tomorrow we are doing the drawing of names...gifts will be sent on the 10th of Dec...If you have not seen this...we are saying the painting may be old or new and about 8x10 or smaller so it is easy to mail...there is a thread further on down where it has been discussed.

Jeff George, CPSA Best of Show

Good Morning!  Check out this CPSA Best of Show piece by Jeff George who has won Best of Show two years in a row.  Some of you may have already seen it. Do you see the Grim Reaper or the Easter Egg hidden in the composition?
http://www.cpsa.org/FEATUREDARTIST/GEORGE/george-artist09.html

FACE - SHOE - MARK SCHWARTZ

Face - Shoe
18 x 24 inches,watercolor on paper
one of a kind
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Morning Madonna

15x11 watercolor on 140 lb Fabriano hot press paper that was coated with matte gel medium. I drew a template on tracing paper then cut out design on plastic. This was placed over wet washes, pulled up, and then developed the background using stamps and cool colors. No pencil drawing used.

Thanksgiving Images

I've put all the Thankfulness images in the side bar (I think). If I missed anyone's, please email me. You may have noticed that I linked each image to it's original post so when the posts go off the first page, a person can still get to it (without going back through pages) by clicking on the sidebar image.

Here are a couple more in my life that I am thankful for, but I will just show them here ... not in the sidebar ... my grandsons who are now 12 years and nearly 8 years. They were 5 years and 18 months when the portraits were painted.

To the right, "Giving Thanks" painted in 2002 and won a 1st place blue ribbon at a local art show in 2003. This one is oil on canvas.

To the left, "Little Boy Blue" painted in 2003 and won a 1st place honorable mention from Catherine Anderson in the same year. Colored pencil on
Bristol.

After these awards, I quit entering shows. Don't know why. I just did, but I am starting to do so again and will see what, if anything, comes of it.

I feel sure some of you, maybe all of you, have seen these images before. It's time to paint new portraits.

Garden Geraniums Chair

22x15 watercolor on Italia Acquerello 140 lb cold press paper, wet on dry, Daniel Smith and American Journey paints: Quinacridone burnt orange, quin gold, quin magenta, carbazole violet, alizarin crimson, Skip's Green, manganese blue, cobalt & UB, Poppy, Fuchsia, perm rose, quin violet, gamboge, aureolin, Periwinkle, thalo green. An imaginary scene done on the same order as Lilacs Chair but I flipped the drawing and changed the flowers and basket. I first painted a similar scene about 5 years ago.